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The Ninth Circuit Court has apparently struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 02:02:49 PM EST
There are 6 Roman Catholics on the Supreme Court bench now.

4 of those are conservatives who I believe will vote to overturn: Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito.
1 is a swing vote: Kennedy.
1 is an Obama nominee: Sotomayor.

If the Supreme Court agrees to hear this case and if they overturn Reinhardt's ruling, I think it effectively signals a theocracy.

by Magnifico on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 02:15:51 PM EST
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I'm reasonably sure this comes down to Kennedy, because I've read a fair bit from people who know Sotomayor, and who say she's very much pro-gay rights.

I'm excited and nervous about this -- the former because I've read many of Kennedy's opinions (he seems to lean strongly the right way here), and the latter because obviously the stakes are very high and I'd hate to be wrong.  Given the grounds on which the Ninth ruled here, SCOTUS probably has little choice but to finally make a decision here.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 at 02:50:53 PM EST
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